Month: December 2014

Business

Palmetto Goodwill to host “Hire Me” event for Berkeley Co. & surrounding area

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Starting Tuesday, Palmetto Goodwill will host its “Hire Me!” event for several ‘Pantry’ locations. “We’ve been selected by The Pantry to conduct hiring events for management and staff positions at their Church’s Chicken, Subway, Aunt M’s Chicken Deli and Arby’s restaurants throughout the Lowcountry,” Goodwill officials stated on their official Facebook page. More than 50 jobs are reportedly […]

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Huger man charged with money laundering

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–United States Attorney Bill Nettles has charged John Nick, age 59, of Huger with money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1956. The attorney general’s office alleges that in 2010, Nick took payment of $40,000 in cash from a person who claimed to be a drug dealer, to purchase a new car and then covered up the transaction […]

Health

DHEC encourages HIV testing in recognition of World AIDS Day 2014

December 1st is World AIDS Day, and more than 15,700 people are living with HIV in South Carolina, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. “We strongly encourage everyone to learn their status by being tested for HIV,” said Janet Tapp, director of DHEC’s STD/HIV Division. “As part of our effort to help, we are intensifying our […]

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Berkeley Co. to remember victims killed by drunk drivers with candlelight vigil

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Recent statistics show nearly 30 people are killed every day in drunk driving crashes across the United States. On Tuesday, one Lowcountry organization will hold a candlelight vigil to remember those lives lost. This is the 25th year that the Berkeley County Prevention Board has sponsored the event. Members hope it will urge people to think twice before […]